baby facen.

Brit.

/ˈbeɪbɪ feɪs/, U.S.

/ˈbeɪbi ˌfeɪs/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: baby n., face n.

Etymology: < baby n. + face n.

1. A youthful, smooth, or innocent face; (also) the face of a baby. Frequently as a modifier, esp. as a nickname; cf. baby-faced adj.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > types of face > [noun]

muskin1530

vizard1568

monkey-face?1589

chitty-face1601

angel face1605

smock-face1605

fish-facea1625

platter face1631

ammunition face1649

horn-facea1668

baby facea1684

crab face1706

hatchet face1707

splatter-face1707

paddock-face1724

pudding face1748

dough face1755

Madonna face1790

company face1798

moon-face1822

pug-facea1845

puss1844

frog-face1872

bun-face1913

bitch face1969

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1670 (1955) III. 564 That famed beauty (but in my opinion of a childish simple & baby face) Madamoiselle Quirreval.

1694 Chorus Poetarum 111 The Poets therefore were a number of Owls, To make such a stir with a Baby-face God.

1707 J. Addison Rosamond ii. i. 16 On a meer Girl his Thoughts to place,With dimpl'd Checks and baby Face.

1765 C. Johnstone Chrysal IV. xiii. 239 I mean the old Beldam, mother to the young Witch, whose baby-face brought me among you.

1833 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 18 June The petitioner..appeared to be a ‘chap’ of about 22 years of age, with a tolerably handsome baby face.

1863 All Year Round 3 Oct. 125/1 And Baby-face biceps at a look took off his handcuffs; which she had been prominent in putting on.

1873 W. Pater Stud. Hist. Renaissance 42 Bright small creatures of the woodland, with arch baby faces and mignon forms.

1936 I. Gershwin Ballad Baby Face McGinty (song) in Lyrics on Several Occasions (1959) 193 Machine guns he owned filled forty trucks, And he had hidden three million bucks. Said Baby Face McGinty, ‘Oh, I'm goin' places now!’

1958 N. Levine Canada made Me iii. 89 He was blond with a round baby face and froggy eyes that slanted upwards.

2004 Gramophone Aug. 30/1 Just say ‘Fats Waller’ and is there anyone who cannot instantly bring to mind that huge baby face.., the cocked derby and the wise-cracking vocalist?

2. A person with such a face. Frequently as a nickname.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > types of face > [noun] > person having

good face1591

chitty-face1601

dogfacea1627

Lenten chapsa1640

pretty face1675

baby face1726

slape-face1847

pinch-face1911

pizza face1964

zit-face1974

1726 J. Swift Cadenus & Vanessa 20 A Baby Face, no Life, no Airs.

1741 S. Richardson Pamela II. 202 She call'd me painted Dirt, Baby-face, Waiting-maid, Beggar-brat, and Beggar-born.

1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan II. xv. 44 You have only to say another word about my sweetheart, as you call her;—baby-face !—ye great black lookin' lubberly beast.

1863 All Year Round 26 Sept. 103/1 There was not one of them [sc. the patients] this bicipital baby-face could not pin by the wrists.

1926 D. H. Lawrence Plumed Serpent ii. 50 The couple from the Middle-West, that withered baby-face and that limping Judge.

1965 P. Baragwanath Brave Remain 99 Both looked at Babyface who was deep in thought.

1997 Total Film Sept. 122/3 Ms Zellweger is a natural shapeshifter: here a wholesome and corruptible babyface, there a leering, just-the-right-side-of-Juliette-Lewis, death-by-sex type.

3. Wrestling. A wrestler who is cast as the hero or ‘good guy’ in a bout of professional wrestling. Often opposed to heel (see heel n.³ 3b). Cf. face n. 8.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > wrestling > [noun] > wrestler > types of

sumo1864

sumotori1884

ozeki1892

sumo1893

yokozuna1894

rikishi1907

mud-wrestler1936

baby face1948

luchador1953

heel1958

wrist-wrestler1978

face1998

curtain jerker1999

1948 News (Adelaide, Austral.) 6 Nov. 7/1 ‘American wrestlers are either baby-faces—guys who wrestle according to the rules—or villains,’ said Leo. ‘I was a baby-face in my first couple of bouts, but I was given such a hiding I thought I'd better switch.’

1954 Alice (Texas) Daily Echo 6 Jan. 6/7 If a man has a good body and a collar-ad face he becomes a hero or a ‘baby-face’. The large, corpulent wrestler with a bald head is a ‘heel’, the villain.

1993 Sat. Night (Toronto) Feb. 28/1 The wrestling crew divides evenly between baby-faces (sugar-coated goody-two-shoes) and heels (evil incarnate).

2013 P. Jones Main Event iii. 36 Hulk Hogan..first wrestled as a heel. But fans wanted to cheer this larger-than-life star... So he began wrestling as a baby face.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	baby face
释义	baby facen. Brit. /ˈbeɪbɪ feɪs/, U.S. /ˈbeɪbi ˌfeɪs/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: baby n., face n. Etymology: < baby n. + face n. 1. A youthful, smooth, or innocent face; (also) the face of a baby. Frequently as a modifier, esp. as a nickname; cf. baby-faced adj. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > types of face > [noun] muskin1530 vizard1568 monkey-face?1589 chitty-face1601 angel face1605 smock-face1605 fish-facea1625 platter face1631 ammunition face1649 horn-facea1668 baby facea1684 crab face1706 hatchet face1707 splatter-face1707 paddock-face1724 pudding face1748 dough face1755 Madonna face1790 company face1798 moon-face1822 pug-facea1845 puss1844 frog-face1872 bun-face1913 bitch face1969 a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1670 (1955) III. 564 That famed beauty (but in my opinion of a childish simple & baby face) Madamoiselle Quirreval. 1694 Chorus Poetarum 111 The Poets therefore were a number of Owls, To make such a stir with a Baby-face God. 1707 J. Addison Rosamond ii. i. 16 On a meer Girl his Thoughts to place,With dimpl'd Checks and baby Face. 1765 C. Johnstone Chrysal IV. xiii. 239 I mean the old Beldam, mother to the young Witch, whose baby-face brought me among you. 1833 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 18 June The petitioner..appeared to be a ‘chap’ of about 22 years of age, with a tolerably handsome baby face. 1863 All Year Round 3 Oct. 125/1 And Baby-face biceps at a look took off his handcuffs; which she had been prominent in putting on. 1873 W. Pater Stud. Hist. Renaissance 42 Bright small creatures of the woodland, with arch baby faces and mignon forms. 1936 I. Gershwin Ballad Baby Face McGinty (song) in Lyrics on Several Occasions (1959) 193 Machine guns he owned filled forty trucks, And he had hidden three million bucks. Said Baby Face McGinty, ‘Oh, I'm goin' places now!’ 1958 N. Levine Canada made Me iii. 89 He was blond with a round baby face and froggy eyes that slanted upwards. 2004 Gramophone Aug. 30/1 Just say ‘Fats Waller’ and is there anyone who cannot instantly bring to mind that huge baby face.., the cocked derby and the wise-cracking vocalist? 2. A person with such a face. Frequently as a nickname. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > types of face > [noun] > person having good face1591 chitty-face1601 dogfacea1627 Lenten chapsa1640 pretty face1675 baby face1726 slape-face1847 pinch-face1911 pizza face1964 zit-face1974 1726 J. Swift Cadenus & Vanessa 20 A Baby Face, no Life, no Airs. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela II. 202 She call'd me painted Dirt, Baby-face, Waiting-maid, Beggar-brat, and Beggar-born. 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan II. xv. 44 You have only to say another word about my sweetheart, as you call her;—baby-face !—ye great black lookin' lubberly beast. 1863 All Year Round 26 Sept. 103/1 There was not one of them [sc. the patients] this bicipital baby-face could not pin by the wrists. 1926 D. H. Lawrence Plumed Serpent ii. 50 The couple from the Middle-West, that withered baby-face and that limping Judge. 1965 P. Baragwanath Brave Remain 99 Both looked at Babyface who was deep in thought. 1997 Total Film Sept. 122/3 Ms Zellweger is a natural shapeshifter: here a wholesome and corruptible babyface, there a leering, just-the-right-side-of-Juliette-Lewis, death-by-sex type. 3. Wrestling. A wrestler who is cast as the hero or ‘good guy’ in a bout of professional wrestling. Often opposed to heel (see heel n.³ 3b). Cf. face n. 8. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > wrestling > [noun] > wrestler > types of sumo1864 sumotori1884 ozeki1892 sumo1893 yokozuna1894 rikishi1907 mud-wrestler1936 baby face1948 luchador1953 heel1958 wrist-wrestler1978 face1998 curtain jerker1999 1948 News (Adelaide, Austral.) 6 Nov. 7/1 ‘American wrestlers are either baby-faces—guys who wrestle according to the rules—or villains,’ said Leo. ‘I was a baby-face in my first couple of bouts, but I was given such a hiding I thought I'd better switch.’ 1954 Alice (Texas) Daily Echo 6 Jan. 6/7 If a man has a good body and a collar-ad face he becomes a hero or a ‘baby-face’. The large, corpulent wrestler with a bald head is a ‘heel’, the villain. 1993 Sat. Night (Toronto) Feb. 28/1 The wrestling crew divides evenly between baby-faces (sugar-coated goody-two-shoes) and heels (evil incarnate). 2013 P. Jones Main Event iii. 36 Hulk Hogan..first wrestled as a heel. But fans wanted to cheer this larger-than-life star... So he began wrestling as a baby face. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1684
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